VIA See also:

• VIA TIBURTINA

TIBURTINA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient road of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, leading E.N.E. from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome to See also:

• TIBUR (mod. Tivoli, q.v.)

Tibur, a distance of about 18 m . It must have come into existence, as a track at any See also:

• RATE

rate, during the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Latin See also:

• LEAGUE

League . Though it afterwards be-came an important thoroughfare, the first portion of it always retained its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name, that of Via See also:

• VALERIA, VIA

Valeria (see VALERIA, VIA) being applied only to the portion of the road beyond Tibur . The road is in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main followed by a See also:

• MODERN

modern highroad . There is, however, a difficulty about the last portion of its course from the Albulae See also:

• AQUAE (Lat. for "waters'')

Aquae (q.v.) to Tibur; whereas, according to the milestones and itineraries, it should be 20 m. from Rome to Tibur, it is impossible to make the distance more than 18 m. along any probable See also:

• LINE

line . See T . See also:

• ASHBY, TURNER (1824-1862)

Ashby in Papers of the See also:

• BRITISH

British School at Rome, iii . 84 sqq . (T .